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MERRYMAID Route 2014 Distance Accumulated Days Arrival Depart. Days Days Long 06 July 2014
Sailed / Planned NM NM kts/h Date Date sail. acc.   Cultural Program
      6            
Hongkong (China)         Dec 21     114E Good sail in Victoria Harbour on a rare sunny day
Macao 34 34 0.2 Dec 21 Dec 22 0.3 0 114E Nice city with lots of heritage but a very difficult approach
Qiongzhou Strait, Hainan 348 382 2.4 Dec 24 Dec 24 2.3 3 110E Easy, but AVOID at night! Too many unlit metal fishing buoys
Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) 185 567 1.3 Dec 25 Dec 28 1.3 4 107E Ha Long Bay is very impressive especially with a boat
Hanoi   567             Interesting city on the move to Chinese style capitalism
Sanya, Hainan (China) 238 805 1.7 Dec 29 Jan 01 1.5 5 109E Impressive Miami like city with lots of beaches and palms
Da Nang /Hue / Hoi An (Vietnam) 154 959 1.1 Jan 02 Jan 05 1.1 6 108E DN is a huge bay, Hue is historically interesting, HA is great
Nha Trang 280 1'239 1.9 Jan 07 Jan 09 2.0 8 109E Great beaches/sailing and am impressive giant cable car
Saigon 251 1'490 1.7 Jan 11 Jan 14 1.5 10 107E Sailing up Saigon River is awesome. City is quite nice
Sihanoukville / Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
441 1'931 3.1 Jan 16 Jan 20 2.6 12 103E SV is nice with good beaches, PP is not very interesting
Bangkok (Thailand) 298 2'229 2.1 Jan 22 Feb 06 2.0 14 100E Sailing up the river to the a great city again is impressive
Siem Reap - Angkor (Cambodia)     0.0           Angkor is worth a trip - one of the really great heritages
Ko Samui (Thailand) 345 2'574 2.4 Feb 09 Feb 13 3.3 18 100E Famous holliday destination with beautiful beaches
Pulau Perhentian (Malaysia) 408 2'982 2.8 Feb 16 Feb 18 3.0 21 102E Beautiful archipelago, great beaches, good for diving
Pulau Tioman 211 3'193 1.5 Feb 20 Feb 22 1.3 22 104E Another beautiful archipelago but more interesting
Singapore 133 3'326 0.9 Feb 23 Feb 27 1.0 23 104E Back to the initial start of our South East Asia trip
Port Dickson (Malaysia) 190 3'516 1.6 Feb 28 Mar 03 1.8 25 102E KL with little interest, Malaka more like tourist Disneyland
Georgetown - Penang 244 3'760 1.7 Mar 05 Mar 06 1.8 27 100E Very interesting city with a good mix of different cultures
Langkawi 71 3'831 0.5 Mar 06 Mar 08 0.4 27 100E Beautiful island group and sailing grounds, towns are ugly
Ko Tarutao, Ko Muk, Ko Phi Phi Don & Le,
Aman Bay, Ko Rang Yai, Ko Phing Kan, Ko Nakha Yai (Thailand)
294 4'125 2.0 Mar 08 Mar 17 2.0 29 100E Island hopping in probably the world's best sailing area
Phuket 63 4'188 0.4 Mar 17 Mar 25 0.3 29 98E The yachting scene is impressive and so is the west coast
Kawthoung (Myanmar / Burma) 221 4'409 1.5 Mar 27 Mar 27 1.5 31 99E Entry to Burma with impressive looks - quite different to TL
Yangon / Rangoon 499 4'908 3.5 April 03 April 05 3.5 34 96E Hopping trough fabulous island, sailing up the Irrawaddy River and see great and beautiful Rangoon
Port Blair (Andamàn Islands - India) 411 5'319 2.9 April 08 April 13 3.0 37 93E The city is bigger than expected, the islands are beautiful
Galle (Sri Lanka) 958 6'277 6.7 April 20 April 24 7.0 44 80E See old Portuguese fortress and visit Colombo
Male (Maledives) 526 6'803 3.7 April 28 May 08 4.0 48 74E Island hopping in-between the most beautiful islands
Addo Atoll 398 7'201 2.8 May 17 May 20 5.0 53 73E Check-out from the Maldives
Ile du Coin - Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Terr.) 356 7'557 2.5 May 23 May 25 3.3 56 72E Really some paradisiac islands without inhabitants nor pollution
Port Louis (Mauritius) 1'277 8'834 8.9 June 02 June 06 7.5 64 57E Good mixture between French and English and very beautiful
Port Réunion (La Réunion - France) 201 9'035 1.4 June 07 June 09 1.5 65 55E Surprisingly boring and no beaches
Tôlanaro (Madagascar) 562 9'597 3.9 June 14 June 16 4.5 70 47E Surprisingly beautiful but quite strond winds
Richards Bay (South Africa) 995 10'592 6.9 Juni 24 June 25 8.0 78 32E Nice yacht harbour for the entry to SA
Durban 98 10'690 0.7 June 26 Jun 27 0.5 78 31E Not very attractiv nor interesting
Cape Town - False Bay 826 11'516 5.7 Jul 03 Jul 06 5.0 83 18E Good shelter and beautiful surroundings
Cape Town 65 11'581 0.5 Jul 06       18E Finally around Cape Point (Cape of good Hope)!
Total 11'581   80     83      
Accumulated 75'855   398     383